Artist's description:

According to old russian custom: In one plate pour the grain (or put the money), to another, pour water, put near a mirror, bring the chicken. Rooster approached the mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom, to grain or money — wealth, to the water — the tendency to drunkenness, if the rooster approaches the hen, then the groom will be "womanizer".

Artist's description:

According to old russian custom: In one plate pour the grain (or put the money), to another, pour water, put near a mirror, bring the chicken. Rooster approached the mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom, to grain or money — wealth, to the water — the tendency to drunkenness, if the rooster approaches the hen, then the groom will be "womanizer".